RE: what is pen-testing?

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  Contraction of "penetration testing".  Used to be called
"tiger teams" -- sanctioned breaking into target systems to 
assess the effectiveness of their defenses.

David Gillett


> -----Original Message-----
> From: coder [mailto:elite.coder () ntlworld com]
> Sent: November 24, 2003 01:11
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: what is pen-testing?
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> Hi all,
> I am a newbie to security, and I just wondered what this 
> pen-test thing that
> keeps popping up is all about
>
> Thanx
>
> Binks
>
>
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